Fishly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Fishly is an adjective meaning Of, relating to, characteristic of, or pertaining to fishes; piscine.
Meaning
Of, relating to, characteristic of, or pertaining to fishes; piscine.
Example Sentences
It is a personality of a fishly sort.
At this the Fish did titter a fishly Titter, and Bit!
Twice the cork bobbed prophecies of a fishly investigation. Twice the angler raised the squirming bait; but each time minus the scaly victim.
[…] which fowles "would strike at our men as they were aloft: "some of them wee killed and eat: they seemed-" to us very good, only tasted somewhat fishly.
Synonyms for fishly
Depending on context, synonyms include fishlike, fishy, ichthyic, piscine, fishen, fishish.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include piscatorial, piscatory, ichthyic, piscine, piscicultural, pelagic.
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